April 10, 2017 / State/Regional

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Bureau of Insurance says a decrease in workers' compensation loss costs will result in more than $9 million in savings for businesses in the state. Insurance superintendent Eric Cioppa says the bureau has approved the Na More...

FARMINGTON (AP) — The father of a 4-month-old boy whose death was classified nearly 38 years ago as sudden infant death syndrome was arrested Friday after detectives concluded it was homicide. Burton "Ben" Hagar, 62, of Farmington, was charged w More...

AUGUSTA (AP) - A program of the Maine Forest Service is giving more than $115,000 in grants to local governments, educational groups and non-profit organizations to support community forests. The program is called Project Canopy and it’s funded More...

PORTLAND (AP) — An effort to gain better control over the amount of participation in the East Coast squid fishery will be the subject of a series of public hearings this spring. The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council wants to reduce latent More...

AUGUSTA (AP) - Maine's governor and fellow Republicans in two other states hope President Donald Trump will be more amenable to banning food stamps to buy soda and junk food than his predecessor. More...